6.6% ▲ +37.3%
Lower than 80% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wright · Federal Electorate
Language in Wright
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Wright compared to the rest of the country. Only 6.6% of residents use another language at home, which is well below the Queensland figure and far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 87.5% of the area. While the use of other languages rose slightly since 2011 to 6.6%, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is low at 1.0%.
1.0% ▲ +14.9%
Lower than 70% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Wright [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED330/wright/topic/language